March 2- EOT Celebration FREE Pajama and Movie Celebration! 1:10-2:40 pm (Students may bring PJs to change into. They may also bring a blanket, pillow, stuffed animal and snack.

Yearly Events for 3rd & 4th Grade

Field Trips/EOT Trips:

EOT Trip to Limerick Bowl- 11/17 10:30 am-2:30 pm

EOT PJs and a Movie (at school)- 3/2 1:10-2:40 pm

ELA PSSA Reward Day- 4/13 (time TBD)

Math PSSA Reward Day- 4/19 (time TBD)

4th Grade Trip to Perkiomen Watershed- 5/18 8:45am-2:30pm

3rd Grade Trip to Colonial Plantation- 5/18 9:00am-2:30pm

EOT Trip to Marsh Creek- 6/8 9:30am-2:30pm

Galileo End of Year Picnic at Reservoir Park- 6/11 11:30am-2:30pm

Awards Assemblies

Trimester 1: November 29th 11:25-12:25

Trimester 2: March 21st 11:25-12:25

Trimester 3: June14th 10:30 am Upper School Gym

Awards earned at the EOT Awards Assembly:

Honors- Students who achieved an 80% or higher in all core classes, including Spanish, earn Honors for the trimester. Please check IC to see if your child has earned this award.

High Honors- Students who achieved a 90% or higher in all core classes, including Spanish, will earn High Honors for the trimester. Please check IC to see if your child has earned this award.

Subject Awards- Each subject area teacher will choose 1 stand-out student from their class to receive a subject award in that area. A specific e-mail will be sent to you from that teacher letting you know if your child earned that award.

Perfect Attendance- Students who have been at school every day, on time and without leaving early, will earn a perfect attendance award.

Fine Arts Award- 1 student per homeroom, who has shown great success in their Fine Arts classes will earn a Fine Arts Award for the trimester. A specific e-mail will be sent to you from the Fine Arts team letting you know if your child earned this award.

Daily Schedule (3rd/4th Grade)

3rd Grade Fine Arts

Music

Art

Spanish

Physical Education

Dance

Technology

4th Grade Fine Arts

Music

Art

Spanish

Physical Education

Drama

Technology

Snack Time:

Every student's favorite time of day! We ask that you take your child's health into consideration when packing lunch and snack. Too often, children will eat chips, cookies, and such during their snack time and this does not work in their favor when completing academic tasks! Fruits, nuts, yogurt, granola bars are all great snack ideas!

*Please keep in mind any allergies in your child's classes, especially in ELA- when snacks are ingested*

Teacher Pages

Teacher pages will be updated weekly. These pages will include homework assignments, updates specific to your child's class, and attachments. Be sure to check your child's teacher page for each subject area

Achievement:

If you have specific concerns about NWEA/MAP testing or PSSA testing, please contact Mr. Cosme, our Achievement Director, who will be able to walk you through how achievement is an intricate part of our academic setting. Contact David Cosme, Achievement Director.​

Fun Fridays

Fun Fridays will be held on various Friday afternoons to celebrate student behavior and hard work. Fun Fridays will be held at least once a month during Science or Social Studies. Sometimes our months are already full of celebrations, time off, SLC's, etc. which would not allow time for a Fun Friday that month. Fun Fridays may include electronics, outside fun, movies, and more!

Grade Book:

It is the responsibility of families to stay informed about your child's academic progress by checking parent portal consistency. This is where grades are posted. Keep in mind, if you use an app on your phone, sometimes the current information is not the most current due to synchronization. Be sure to click through to get detailed notes provided by the teacher.

Grades are weighted as follows:

60% = Formal Assessment

40% = Practice & Reinforcement

AIC

The teachers of the Galileo team are excited to be able to offer an opportunity for our students who have grades of 70% or below as a result of missing work or are in need of extra time to complete classwork (at teacher discretion). Academic Intervention Club, or AIC, will be held once a week during recess so that students who are missing homework or classwork may complete the work to receive partial credit.

The teachers will inform the students of the work that needs to be made up, and the students will be supervised by a grade level teacher.

AIC will meet on Tuesdays or Thursdays.

As always, please contact your student's classroom teacher if you have any questions.

EOT Celebrations

We have three trimesters per academic year and students are motivated to attend our End Of Trimester Celebrations. These celebrations are reserved for students who make positive behavior choices and have not been suspended during the trimester. Students who are ineligible for celebrations are strongly advised to attend school. Please see the Parent/Student Handbook for more information.

Classroom Celebrations

It is important to make time to celebrate our students because they work so hard and we want school to be a fun place as well! We require our classroom celebrations to be fun, safe, and healthy! If you choose to join us for ANY classroom celebrations, please be sure to RSVP to your child's homeroom teacher. If you have more than one child, you may RSVP to one of your child's teachers and CC the other teacher(s) on the email so we know who is attending!

Field Trips

We love taking our students on field trips and we need your help! If you would like to be a Chaperone, please contact Debbie Messina at debra.messina@rak12.org to make sure you have your clearances. These take a few weeks to process so it's best to complete them now! We would love for you to join us! Please mark your calendar, let your child's Homebase teacher know you plan to attend, and come learn alongside us!

HID Cards:

All students will be receiving a HID Card with their photo ID. These will be on an RA Breakaway lanyard in House Colors. The students will wear these every day as it will be used for checking out books, accessing their lunch account, and general identification for safety purposes. Students will be instructed to wear this at all times and the replacement cost is $2.00 per lanyard and $5.00 for replacement ID Cards.